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/ar/ Word List
The tart dart left a hard scar on the large shark. Here's an exercise designed to help readers develop the phonemic awareness skills needed to detect the vowel sounds in words. The exercise, the third in the series of 16 and...
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Move the Sounds
Use cut out letters to make beginning sounds, blends, and word families that ultimately make new words. Learners move around physically as they hold the letters to make the specified blend or word. Assessment suggestions are included.
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CVC Activity 2
Look at eight pictures to practice cvc words. Letters are given for each picture and learners first circle the correct letters, then write the word below. More practice worksheets like this are available.
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ABC Sound Off
If your young readers are in need of practice identifying beginning sounds to words, this PowerPoint is for you. First, they will look at a cartoon picture. Next, they will click on the letter they think that word begins with. Excellent...
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Do the Word Stretch
Young learners practice putting sounds together to form words. Even though the sound is not functioning on this presentation, the basic premise of leading students through the decoding process is great. There are only four examples,...
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Build Accuracy /a/, /m/
Make letter sounds a game for pre-readers using these letter cards. After you demonstrate, learners take turns drawing letters out of a bag. Weight them for the letters they have been practicing most recently. Once they've chosen a...
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Shake With A
Use letter boxes and letter tiles (d,a,y,l,p,w,k,f,r,i,t,s,b,c,I) to help your class distinguish between the sounds for short vowel a and long vowel a. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with a...
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Snail
S is for snail. Use this worksheet to help your young readers learn the letter s. This simple coloring worksheet is great for youngsters who are learning the beginning letter s sound. They can practice saying the s sound and coloring...
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Short Vowel Sounds: Listening Exercise
In this CVC pattern words instructional activity, learners examine eight pictures, say the name of each picture, and use the provided letters to spell the words. They practice writing the letters on the line below the picture as well....
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Fix It Fun
Young learners practice spelling and phonics with this quick vowel instructional activity. For each of the seven words provided, they must unscramble the letters and write the full word on the line provided.
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Missing Short Vowels
Younger learners can practice reading and spelling words with short vowel sounds using this resource. They fill in the blanks to form simple words like bag, bed, and fox. With only twelve questions, this resource could be used as a quick...
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Short Vowel E Word Unscramble
What does the short vowel e sound like? After reviewing the sound with your class, give them this scramble worksheet to give them practice spelling words with the target sound. There are six words provided, and youngsters must unscramble...
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Animal Sounds Cut and Paste
Grrr! Practice animal sounds with this engaging cut and paste activity. Young readers can color six black line picture of animals including a cow, a cat, a duck, a bird, a dog and a bear, before cutting them out and glueing them to the...
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AP: Chapter 14: Mendel and the Gene Idea
A survey of Mendelian genetics is presented through this handout. Biology prodigies answer questions about the Law of Segregation, phenotypic ratios, and dominance. They define genetics vocabulary terms and describe various genetic...
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Reintroduce /au/
Practice decoding au words with your first and second graders. They state the sound of au when the teacher points to the corresponding letter combination, and remain silent when any other letter combination is displayed. Complete...
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Say and Spell Consonant Digraph Board Game
Students download from a website to learn about digraphs. In this digraphs lesson plan, students download a digraphs game to practice digraphs.
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Tongue Twisters
Young readers practice their letter sounds by engaging with this language arts PowerPoint. Six letters are used: p, l, s, w, c, and d. Pupils learn tongue twisters for each letter such as: "Wiggly worm wiggles in the water." Very nice!
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Triple Blends
Use this resource to practice consonant blends in a second grade class. Focusing on scr-, str-, spr-, and spl-, learners identify words with these sounds. This presentation could be employed as an introductory activity before a spelling...
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The oo Sound
Focus on the oo vowel sound using this resource. Using a list of words and sentences, learners practice reading and spelling with this sound. It is a complete and visually-attractive presentation.
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oo
The vowel blend "oo" produces two different sounds. The words book and cool are examples of that. Young readers view slides that have pictures of words that use this blend, and they practice distinguishing between each sound.
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SCR
Blend consonants scr together to make a great sound used to begin words like, scream, screw, and scrap. Learners view a series of six images and related /scr/ words to practice spelling patterns, chunking, consonant blends, or...
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Rhyming Words
Practice simple rhymes with your elementary learners! They identify the picture's word and look for the word that rhymes. Then, include a bit of writing practice and have them write the correct rhyming word on the line provided.
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Rhyming Words
Using endings, such as -it, -id, and -ip, learners practice reading and spelling words. This is a simple and motivating way to have your kindergarten or first grade class practice important skills. This could be done in a whole group, or...
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CVC Words
Help your class practice reading sight words. Learners read a list of simple words including hat, rat, and web. This is a quick and easy way to practice reading skills. It could also be used as a center activity.